Hey mates! Let’s cap off the week with some Friday faves/issues I’m loving these days. Be at liberty to play alongside within the feedback!
One factor I’m particularly loving immediately is that it has lastly stopped raining… we’ve had a soggy week over right here and whereas I do know it’s going to result in some beautiful flowers, it’s good to stroll Riese to high school with out rain gear. 🙂
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Issues I’m Loving These days/Friday Faves
1) Wes strolling!
How cute is that this little man?! Now that he has found out methods to stroll, it’s all he needs to do – follow makes excellent, proper?
I’m nonetheless engaged on my child and mama 10 month replace, so keep tuned for that subsequent week! Numerous updates to share.
2) The Case of the Lacking Hit (podcast episode)
In the event you love true crime and thriller podcasts, this episode on the Reply All podcast a few man who remembers a track from the late 90’s however can’t discover it anyplace on the net is SO enjoyable.
It has main “Serial” podcast vibes when it comes to the circulate of the episode, however minus the darkish theme and plus some actually nice late 90’s music nostalgia.
It’s solely an hour lengthy (not an entire collection) and had me smiling the entire time because the thriller unfolded. Extremely advocate should you want an entertaining escape!
3) Evernote (sponsored)
Have any of you used Evernote earlier than?
I’ve been utilizing Evernote, which began as a cellphone app however now additionally has an online and desktop model, for a decade – my oldest notes within the app date method again to 2012! Wow.
Clearly I’m an enormous fan, so I used to be excited after I discovered my good friend Gretchen began working for them lately, and thrilled to talk along with her about spreading the Evernote like to all of you, as a result of regardless of the actual fact I’ve used it for therefore lengthy I’ve surprisingly by no means talked about it earlier than on the weblog!
In the event you haven’t tried Evernote but, I extremely counsel checking it out – it’s my favourite group and productiveness system, and the options have come a great distance from their authentic days as solely a note-taking app.
Gretchen helped me uncover a ton of cool new-to-me options that Evernote has that I now use each day.
For instance, beforehand anytime I used to think about a random to do merchandise, I’d e-mail myself a reminder (one thing like “don’t neglect to name xx about xx” or “join xx by xx date”) with the reminder within the topic line of the e-mail.
Along with being fully inefficient, this additionally actually clogged up my e-mail inbox. But when I didn’t do one thing with that thought proper then, I’d neglect a minute later, ?
Enter: Evernote duties!
These days, I exploit Evernote to handle all my to-do record process objects, and I LOVE that it routinely syncs between units, so if I add a process merchandise to the app on my cellphone, it’s going to additionally present up on the Evernote internet browser that I all the time have open in a tab on my pc.
I additionally love that they’ve a Google Calendar integration. The good half concerning the calendar integration is that should you’re doing a name or assembly, you may take notes on Evernote and tie them to that particular assembly in your calendar so they’re straightforward to seek out later. Identical with duties!
They usually have a search perform that makes phrases or phrases inside your notes (even handwritten ones you’re taking photos of – so cool) very easy to seek out once more later, too.
I’ve my Google each day calendar displaying on my Evernote house display, which is a collection of widgets you may transfer round and customise.
My house display additionally exhibits me my duties and my notes; you may see the net browser model on my pc display within the image above, and under is a screenshot of the cellphone app house display.
As you may see, I nonetheless use Evernote on a regular basis for notes, too. I’ve a couple of lengthy working notes within the app, like one with books I need to learn (the record is SO LONG), wines I like, native journey concepts, and so on., and I usually use it to draft or jot down concepts for weblog posts as properly if I get an thought after I’m on the go.
I really wrote my entire 9 Weeks of You weblog put up about Wes in an Evernote be aware on my cellphone whereas Wes was sleeping on me at some point. 🙂
Anyway! In the event you’re interested by checking it out, Evernote has a base plan that’s completely free, and so they even have a private plan and knowledgeable plan for a small month-to-month price. The paid plans supply extra options (just like the Google Calendar integration, the power to collaborate and assign duties to others, offline entry, and so on.).
Try all the small print on their web site here!
4) Frittatas!
We had a ton of eggs to make use of up after Matt and Riese did some Easter egg dying final weekend (they blew the within of the eggs out so simply the shells remained for dying; that method we didn’t waste the eggs which I believed was sensible), so I whipped up a frittata and we’ve been having fun with consuming on it this week for quick breakfasts.
I made my Goat Cheese Frittata with Spinach (<- recipe) which I’ve had on my thoughts since together with it in my current crumbled goat cheese recipes spherical up… besides as an alternative of goat cheese, I used feta because it’s what I had available. Oh properly!
I additionally used frozen pre-chopped combined mushrooms as an alternative of contemporary child bella mushrooms, and that was an superior time saver and labored simply as properly! You saute the mushrooms till all of the liquid boils off, so it doesn’t matter if they’re contemporary or frozen because it received’t make the frittata soggy.
I’ve been stuffing the frittata slices into wraps and consuming them that method. Yum!
5) Historic fiction
I’ve been on a historic fiction kick these days, and have been studying a bunch of books by the creator Fiona Davis.
I learn her e-book The Lions of Fifth Avenue awhile in the past and liked it, so after I noticed she had a lot of different books I believed it could be enjoyable to test them out, too.
Previously few weeks I’ve learn The Magnolia Palace and The Dollhouse. Each are enjoyable reads that hold you guessing, and each swap forwards and backwards in time between two narrators as her books are likely to do.
Another good historic fiction recs for me?
6) My go-to hoodie
I had a couple of folks message me a few hyperlink for the hoodie that I used to be carrying in the cherry blossom photos I posted recently, so I needed to share it in a put up, too, as a result of it’s an enormous favourite!
It’s this Athleta hoodie and I like it a lot that I personal it in a number of colours. It’s a part of my go-to athleisure “uniform” lately. 😉
7) Wordle
Yep, I’ve formally joined the Wordle craze! It actually is kind of enjoyable, and I like that it’s simply as soon as a day – makes it extra particular.
My mother bought me into it – the 2 of us and my brother have a enjoyable textual content thread the place we share our stats each morning.
It’s a pleasant solution to keep in contact and to do one thing that feels mild and foolish however mentally stimulating, too.
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What are you loving these days? Something enjoyable to share?
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